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Table 4 Distribution of yam samples among varieties and farmers

From: Clonal diversity and estimation of relative clone age: application to agrobiodiversity of yam (Dioscorea rotundata)

Name of variety

Farmer ID

No. of samples

Approximate size of variety (n.o. plants)

Proportion of land under each variety in the village

Aboudja

BNB

31

100

0.8%

 

OSA

87

500

 

Ahimon

AS

30

200

2.5%

 

BY

27

600

 
 

ONK

28

200

 

Alassini

BNB

33

250

1%

 

LBi

44

150

 
 

SA

39

200

 

Bonniwouré Wouloukaba

LM

34

400

5.6%

 

LBa

34

450

 
 

WSO

33

100

 

Kinkérékou

AG

32

550

4.9%

 

AGa

33

300

 
 

BY

33

350

 
 

LBa

34

800

 

Kpouna

OI

30

200

2.1%

 

OM

33

300

 
 

SA

29

400

 
 

SY

49

200

 

Moroko

LM

30

450

15.8%

 

LBa

30

1000

 
 

SA

34

1600

 
 

WSO

33

200

 
  1. The surface area of land used for each variety in the village was calculated based on the estimated number of plants of each variety by interviewing 15 farmers (a total of 56 varieties corresponding to 80,000 individual yam plants).